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Vorwärts immer!

Deutschland 2015-2017 Spielfilm

East German actor Otto Wolf has a lot on his plate: his daughter Anne has ignored her father's wishes by setting off to Leipzig to obtain a fake passport to leave for the West - just as party chief Erich Honecker is planning a "Chinese solution" to suppress the Monday demonstrations. Sick with worry about his daughter, Otto uses his gift of being a dead ringer for Honecker to stop the tanks and save Anne. But he hadn't reckoned with also having to get to know Margot Honecker up close and personal…

Source: German Films Service & Marketing GmbH

 

Credits

Director

  • Francis Meletzky

Screenplay

  • Markus Thebe
  • Günter Knarr
  • Philipp Weinges

Director of photography

  • Bella Halben

Editing

  • Zaz Montana

Music

  • Moritz Denis
  • Eike Hosenfeld

Cast

  • Jörg Schüttauf
    Otto Wolf / Erich Honecker
  • Josefine Preuß
    Anne Wolf
  • Jacob Matschenz
    August
  • Hedi Kriegeskotte
    Margot Honecker
  • Steffen Scheumann
    Boris Kelm
  • André Jung
    Hans Götze / Erich Mielke
  • Alexander Schubert
    Egbert Rauch / Egon Krenz
  • Stephan Grossmann
    Theodor Dombrich
  • Devid Striesow
    Harry Stein
  • Marc Benjamin
    Matti Stein

Production company

  • Crazy Film GmbH & Co.KG (München)
  • Roxy Film GmbH & Co. KG (München)

Producer

  • Günter Knarr
  • Philipp Weinges
  • Ursula Woerner
  • Annie Brunner
  • Andreas Richter

Alle Credits

Director

  • Francis Meletzky

Screenplay

  • Markus Thebe
  • Günter Knarr
  • Philipp Weinges

Director of photography

  • Bella Halben

Production design

  • Thomas Stammer

Make-up artist

  • Anette Keiser

Costume design

  • Esther Amuser

Editing

  • Zaz Montana

Casting

  • Emrah Ertem

Music

  • Moritz Denis
  • Eike Hosenfeld

Cast

  • Jörg Schüttauf
    Otto Wolf / Erich Honecker
  • Josefine Preuß
    Anne Wolf
  • Jacob Matschenz
    August
  • Hedi Kriegeskotte
    Margot Honecker
  • Steffen Scheumann
    Boris Kelm
  • André Jung
    Hans Götze / Erich Mielke
  • Alexander Schubert
    Egbert Rauch / Egon Krenz
  • Stephan Grossmann
    Theodor Dombrich
  • Devid Striesow
    Harry Stein
  • Marc Benjamin
    Matti Stein
  • Thomas Mill
    Werner Erxleben
  • Johannes Richard Voelkel
    Stasimann 1
  • Tom Keune
    Stasimann 2
  • Justus Carrière
    Kurz Hager

Production company

  • Crazy Film GmbH & Co.KG (München)
  • Roxy Film GmbH & Co. KG (München)

in co-production with

  • ARD (DE)

Producer

  • Günter Knarr
  • Philipp Weinges
  • Ursula Woerner
  • Annie Brunner
  • Andreas Richter

Original distributor

  • DCM Film Distribution GmbH (Berlin)

Funding

  • HessenFilm und Medien (Frankfurt am Main)
  • Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA) (Berlin)
  • FilmFernsehFonds Bayern GmbH (FFFB) (München)

Shoot

    • 09.11.2015 - 29.01.2016: Berlin, Bayern, Frankfurt am Main
Duration:
90 min
Format:
DCP, 16:9
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby
Screening:

Kinostart (DE): 12.10.2017

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE) Vorwärts immer!
  • Weiterer Titel (ENG) Forwards Ever!

Versions

Original

Duration:
90 min
Format:
DCP, 16:9
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby
Screening:

Kinostart (DE): 12.10.2017

Awards

FBW 2017
  • Prädikat: wertvoll
Bayerischer Filmpreis 2017
  • Bayerischer Filmpreis, Bester Darsteller
  • Bayerischer Filmpreis (ex aequo >Toni Erdmann<, >Wild<, >Vor der Morgenröte<, >Marie Curie<)
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